Match-lighter.



No. 792,430. 7 I PATENTED JUNE 13,1905.

VA. 0. LOOMIS.

MATCH LIGHTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3. 1905.

UNITED STATES Patented June 13, 1905.

PATENT FTEE.

lVlATCH-LlGHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,430, dated June 13, 1905. Application filed January 3, 1905. Serial R0. 239,462.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beitknown thatl, ALRER'r C. Looms, acitizen of the United States, residing at WV est Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Lighters; and I do hereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to facilitate the ignition of matches in lighting cigars, &c., and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may be referred to in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved watch-charm and match lighter or igniter and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved device. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same on an enlarged scale, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on said enlarged scale.

In said drawings, 5 indicates the body of the lighter, which comprises a single integral'piece of metal having an eye or ring 6 at one end, by means of which said piece may be suspended from a watch-chain or the like, a narrow longitudinal shank 7, and at the lower end opposite said eye or ring 6 having a tapering enlargement larger at the extremity of the device, said enlargement having therein a tapering aperture 9, the center of which is disposed in the longitudinal center of said device. The said aperture 9 is tapering on its inner wall and is provided with longitudinal teeth 10, against which the lighted end of the match impinges when the latter is thrust longitudinally against the edges of the flaring longitudinal teeth 10, walling the said aperture 9, and turned on its longitudinal axis, so that the abutting head of the match rides over the series of sharpened edges. Thus the match need not be drawn through a long return-passage after ignition; but its head is ignited practically at the mouth or outer extremity of the lighter and is quickly removable therefrom to conserve the durability of the flame. I

The center of the shank 7 of the matchlighter is longitudinally slotted through its sides or provided with a long open aperture 11, communicating with the flaring aperture 9, through which a needle may be inserted into the aperture 9 for the purpose of removing any portion of the match which may have broken and remained in the tapering aperture, the opening 11 permitting the insertion of an implement for the purpose of cleaning the recesses between the teeth or removing the broken end of the match, as may be desired, and the longitudinal teeth of the flaring enlargement permitting the broken match to slip from the said flaring enlargement with the greatest case when pushed longitudinally from the inside by said implement.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- The improved match lighter herein described, comprising a metallic body having a longitudinal shank with suspensory means at one end and an enlargement with inclined interior walls at the other end, the said shank having a lateral opening communicating with the flaring end aperture formed by said interior inclined walls, and said inclined walls of the flaring end aperture being toothed to form a roughened front end abutment to receive the end thrust of the match and ignite said match as it is turned on its longitudinal axis, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of December, 1904.

ALBERT C. LOOMIS.

WVitnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, RUssELL M. EVERETT. 

